Wyncote is a census-designated place (CDP) in Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Wyncote is located 11 miles from Center City Philadelphia at the southeasternmost tip of Montgomery County.
Wyncote is bordered by the Cheltenham neighborhoods of Glenside, Elkins Park, La Mott, and Cedarbrook; the Philadelphia neighborhoods of West Oak Lane and Cedarbrook, as well as the borough of Jenkintown and Abington Township.
[3] According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Wyncote has a total area of 0.8 square miles (2.1 km2), all of which is land.
Wyncote also has a number of classical Philadelphia stone colonial revival homes; notable among them is Beechwood, designed in the school of Brognard Okie, the architect responsible for the reconstruction of Pennsbury Manor on the upper Delaware River, and Appleford in Villanova, Pennsylvania.
The building is a historic structure, dating back to its original use with the North Pennsylvania Railroad.
Wyncote is also served by SEPTA buses, in particular the 77 route, which connects Chestnut Hill to Mayfair, Philadelphia.
The middle of winter occasionally sees a few days where highs do not rise above the teens, and lows fall into the single digits.